Hacker News with Generative AI: Education

Teen with 4.0 GPA who built the viral Cal AI app was rejected by 15 universities (techcrunch.com)
Zach Yadegari, the high school teen co-founder of Cal AI, is being hammered with comments on X after he revealed that out of 18 top colleges he applied to, he was rejected by 15.
Education, College Admissions, Artificial Intelligence
14 points by impish9208 3 hours ago | 15 comments
The Fourier Transform: A tutorial introduction (sheffield.ac.uk)
The Fourier Transform is a fundamental tool in the physical sciences, with applications in communications theory, electronics, engineering, biophysics and quantum mechanics.
Mathematics, Signal Processing, Education, Physics
4 points by teleforce 13 hours ago | 1 comments
Thoughts on ISAs (income sharing agreements) (thedailydeveloper.substack.com)
In ancient times (2012-2018) we thought deeply about this hard problem at the coding bootcamp I helped start and run for 6 years. We really believed that this equation was NOT a physical law, and juggled idealism and pragmatism in order to fund and operate the school and deliver on our promise to students.
Education, Startups
7 points by endlessvoid94 13 hours ago | 1 comments
A university president makes a case against cowardice (newyorker.com)
Last Friday could have passed for a lovely spring day on the Connecticut campus of Wesleyan University. Students with books and laptops dotted a green hillside; flocks of admissions visitors trailed tour guides; baseball season had just begun, and practice was under way. It was almost possible to forget the grim straits of American higher education in 2025.
Education, Universities, Leadership, Courage
197 points by pseudolus 14 hours ago | 230 comments
Prof. Sussman's Reading List (2016) (aurellem.org)
Serving as a TA for Professor Sussman will get you three things: great advice, spectacular reading recommendations, and lots of high quality tea.
Education, Books, Computer Science
54 points by tmseidman 1 day ago | 7 comments
OpenAI Academy (openai.com)
OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Education
5 points by taytus 2 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news (fluentsubs.com)
Education, Language Learning, News, Technology
456 points by ph4evers 3 days ago | 178 comments
Apple chip engineer returns to China, joins Fudan University (scmp.com)
A former Apple chip engineer from China has left the US tech giant to join China’s prestigious Fudan University in Shanghai, underscoring the country’s efforts to attract top semiconductor talent as it seeks to bolster domestic chipmaking capabilities.
Semiconductors, China, Education, Talent Acquisition
7 points by kelt 3 days ago | 0 comments
Kagi for Kids (kagi.com)
The Kagi Family Plan is perfect for families wanting to search smarter, emphasizing learning over consumption while respecting your family's privacy.
Family, Privacy, Search Engines, Education
197 points by ryanjamurphy 3 days ago | 166 comments
The Average College Student Is Illiterate (persuasion.community)
Students are not what they used to be. The crisis is worse than you think.
Education, Literacy, Students
85 points by sebg 3 days ago | 11 comments
Show HN: AI-powered reading companion that helps you read hard books (collabai.live)
AI, Reading, Education, Technology, Books
18 points by joezee 4 days ago | 9 comments
Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits (2020) (vox.com)
An emergency situation that turned out to be mostly a false alarm led a lot of schools in Los Angeles to install air filters, and something strange happened: Test scores went up. By a lot. And the gains were sustained in the subsequent year rather than fading away.
Education, Air Quality, Public Health, Research, Los Angeles
308 points by tangjurine 4 days ago | 141 comments
Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation fearing Trump retaliation (ctvnews.ca)
A Montreal pediatrician says NYU cancelled her presentation, likely out of fear of retaliation from the Donald Trump administration.
Politics, Healthcare, Education, Censorship
20 points by cempaka 4 days ago | 3 comments
ICE Revoking Students' Immigration Statuses Without Their or the Uni's Knowledge (zeteo.com)
In a developing story, it appears the Trump administration is quietly targeting even more students for deportation and doing so in a way that is taking universities and the students themselves completely by surprise.
Immigration, Politics, Education, Law
123 points by ColinWright 4 days ago | 41 comments
Trump's War on Education (chrishedges.substack.com)
Trump’s assault on education comes out of the playbook used by all authoritarian regimes.
Politics, Education, Authoritarianism
11 points by chmaynard 4 days ago | 0 comments
Open source, 3D-printable smart chess board (thangs.com)
Print. Click. Play. OpenChess is a fully open source smart chessboard designed to make interactive, intelligent gameplay accessible to everyone. By combining low-cost electronics, 3D printing, and customizable software, OpenChess empowers makers, educators, and chess lovers to build their own connected chess experience — without the high price tag.
Open Source, 3D Printing, Chess, Education, Hardware
63 points by bdcravens 4 days ago | 32 comments
Trump Admin Spies on Social Media of Student Visa Holders (kenklippenstein.com)
The Trump administration is requiring that foreign students studying in, or seeking to study in the United States, pass an ideological test in order to obtain a visa, according to a “sensitive” State Department directive issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and which I obtained.
Politics, Immigration, Education, Surveillance
16 points by bbqfog 4 days ago | 0 comments
New Textbook Featuring GNU Radio Published (gnuradio.org)
The GNU Radio community is excited to share the publication of a new textbook dedicated to GNU Radio and its applications!
Software, Open Source, Education, Radio
24 points by teleforce 5 days ago | 0 comments
The average college student today (hilariusbookbinder.substack.com)
I’m Gen X. I was pretty young when I earned my PhD, so I’ve been a professor for a long time—over 30 years. If you’re not in academia, or it’s been awhile since you were in college, you might not know this: the students are not what they used to be.
Generational Differences, Education, Higher Education, College Students
753 points by Jyaif 5 days ago | 973 comments
Four Lectures on Standard ML (1989) [pdf] (cs.tufts.edu)
Programming Languages, Computer Science, Education, Standard ML
147 points by swatson741 5 days ago | 49 comments
Accessible open textbooks in math-heavy disciplines (richardzach.org)
The authoring platform of choice in many math-heavy disciplines is LaTeX. It produces typeset documents of excellent quality and handles formulas and mathematical diagrams extremely well. Practically every researcher or instructor in mathematics, physics, and computer science is adept at using it, and it has a wide user base outside these core disciplines as well (e.g., philosophy and economics).
Open Textbooks, Mathematics, LaTeX, Education
235 points by volemo 5 days ago | 74 comments
Show HN: I built a tool that generates quizzes from documents using LLMs (ycombinator.com)
Hey everyone! I recently built this little side project that takes any document you upload and turns it into practice quizzes using LLMs to generate the questions: https://www.cuiz-ai.com
LLMs, Generative AI, Education, Tools
10 points by nelson687 6 days ago | 4 comments
Bill Gates: AI will replace doctors/teachers – humans unneeded for most things (cnbc.com)
Artificial Intelligence, Education, Healthcare
10 points by mysterypie 6 days ago | 5 comments
Trump Admin Spies on Social Media of Foreign Students (kenklippenstein.com)
The Trump administration is requiring that foreign students studying in, or seeking to study in the United States, pass an ideological test in order to obtain a visa, according to a “sensitive” State Department directive issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and which I obtained.
Politics, Immigration, Education, United States
14 points by mdhb 6 days ago | 1 comments
21-year old dev destroys LeetCode, gets kicked out of school (youtube.com)
Programming, Education, Social Media
13 points by amrrs 7 days ago | 5 comments
The Leader of the LeetCode Rebellion: An Interview with Roy Lee (thepennpost.com)
On March 3rd, Roy Lee got an email from Columbia University. Figuring it was just another college newsletter, Roy, the creator of Interview Coder, was shocked at what he saw when he opened the latest message in his inbox. It was a notification from Columbia University’s Center for Student Success and Intervention (CSSI) that his case would be reopened following an initial Dean’s Discipline Hearing on February 17th, where he avoided potential suspension or expulsion.
Education, Interviews, Online Learning, Legal Issues
70 points by distalx 7 days ago | 44 comments
I got kicked out of Columbia for taking a stand against LeetCode interviews (linkedin.com)
I just got kicked out of Columbia for taking a stand against Leetcode interviews.
Education, Software Development, Controversy
20 points by mmarian 7 days ago | 18 comments
The Japanese Writing System Explained: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji (kanjimaster.ai)
When students begin the journey of learning Japanese, they are met with a fascinating yet complex writing system composed of three scripts: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji.
Japanese Language, Writing Systems, Education, Hiragana, Katakana
18 points by adilmoujahid 7 days ago | 6 comments
University of Toronto Snags Yale Professors as Canada Raids American Brain Trust (deanblundell.substack.com)
It’s not a joke anymore. The University of Toronto is actively recruiting—and landing—some of the United States’ most high-profile intellectuals, and it’s not just about prestige. It’s about survival.
Education, Canada, United States, Academic Recruitment, Brain Drain
78 points by newaccountlol 7 days ago | 52 comments
I just got kicked out of Columbia for taking a stand against LeetCode interviews (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Education, Software Engineering, Social Media
10 points by taytus 7 days ago | 8 comments